Clinical peer review in the United States: History, legal development and subsequent abuse

Table 3 Causes of reports to the National Practitioner Data Bank (Satiani 2004)

Adverse actions (17%)

Peer review findings adversely affect the clinical privileges of physicians or dentist for more than 30 d

Privileges are restricted or surrendered while under peer review investigation for possible incompetence or improper professional conduct

Privileges are restricted or surrendered in exchanged for peer reviewers not conducting an investigation

Physician’s or Dentists’ license are revoked, suspended, or surrendered

Physicians or Dentists are censured, reprimanded, or put on probation

Malpractice payments (82%)

Insurers settling claims or judgments relating medical malpractice on behalf of physicians

Medicare/medicaid exclusion reports (1%)

Percentage refers to proportion of reports attributable to 132896 physicians in the National Practitioner Data Bank in 2002.